The phrase "afternoon rest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a period of relaxation or sleep taken during the afternoon hours.
Example: "After a long morning of meetings, I always look forward to my afternoon rest to recharge for the rest of the day."
Alternatives: "midday nap" or "afternoon break".
As I write, the first mate's watch have just disappeared for their afternoon rest.
Later, during the traditional Italian afternoon rest, we swam, slept and read.
I leave him to his afternoon rest, as the sun starts to go down over Rome.
A late afternoon rest stop saw us pause to nibble on large pieces of herby aubergine focaccia bread baked and purchased that morning in Vieste while sitting silently in a field laced with majestic Tongue Orchids: their rhubarb-coloured stems supplied a warm splash to the pastel surroundings.
My usual post-Woman's Hour afternoon rest is violently disturbed by the workmen erecting scaffolding around the London house where Wuthering Depths, my basement flat, is situated and my dogs, Butch and Frida (Kahlo, Mexican, she's a chihuahua – so's he, the name is a joke) are in the throes of a nervous breakdown on my return from the office.
I typically sleep about eight to nine hours a night but then I make sure to schedule 90 minute 'business meetings' -- aka naps -- into my day for an afternoon rest".
Recoverable degradation of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) under different relative humidities (RHs) after a whole night rest was investigated.
If LeBron James were to drop 60 on the Knicks on Friday night, rest assured Allen would go home happy.
He then tweeted that he was "sorry to tell you we lost my mother Sue Davey tonight", adding: "Love you always mum, I've go my teddy bear you got me tonight, rest easy".
He tweeted late on Saturday that he was "sorry to tell you we lost my mother Sue Davey tonight", adding: "Love you always mum, I've go my teddy bear you got me tonight, rest easy".
They eat in the morning and evening, rest in shade when hot and remain in sunlight when cold.
